Thread: Keeping ducks off a boat!

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Cracks me up, you call it a swim platform but the common name is the duck board

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

We have recently purchased a boat and currently have it in a berth at the Te Anau marina. Bloody ducks drive me up the wall everytime go down there spend the first half hour cleaning all the shit off the swim platform. Any bright ideas to dissuade them? I was thinking of just leaving loaves of bread on all the neighbouring boats

If the swimming platform is something that they frequently land on, maybe a layer of dishwashing liquid would mean that they couldn't stand on it properly?

Originally Posted by Ryan

If the swimming platform is something that they frequently land on, maybe a layer of dishwashing liquid would mean that they couldn't stand on it properly?

Dunno, they seem happy enough to stand around on ice down here in the winter.

tie a couple of drums on the duck board so nowhere for them to sit....

Could a engineer make it fold up? Might be a cheap enough very simple solution.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Could a engineer make it fold up? Might be a cheap enough very simple solution.

What about a mat for the deck area. Leave on duck board, made to be folded in middle, so makes a A frame/tent shape, then ducks can't get on. The when you use the boat just drop into back, and let go flat.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Could a engineer make it fold up? Might be a cheap enough very simple solution.

It's got a 200 Merc hanging off it haha but I get what you mean could make either side of the motor fold up

I have seen road killed harrier hung in shed...no bird shit anywhere near it....

A few years ago a boss purchased one of those multi frequency bird and mice repellers for installation in the big workshop/storeage shed at the dairy farm I worked on. The unit made a terrible high frequency racket that kept the milking staff awake at night in their house 200m from the shed, you couldn't work on any gear in the workshop as the noise got to you, and the mice continued to eat the grain, and the birds continued to nest in there. A total waste of money. It was removed a week later.

wires and strings work on most stuff to stop birds. I have wire hoops stapled on top of some strainers to stop parries landing on them and shitting down onto the gate hook, so I am thinking that two or three rubber bungies across the 'Duck Board' would work like a cattle stop if they were up 100mm above the board. Then just unhook them when you get to the boat. Ten dollar fix

Get some hot foot paste from wrightsons works on most bird pesties that park up where not wanted

Originally Posted by Huk

Get some hot foot paste from wrightsons works on most bird pesties that park up where not wanted

Would that affect people or dogs ?

Originally Posted by dannyb

Would that affect people or dogs ?

@dannyb most likely as is a caustic base i think

soak some bread in wasabi and leave it out for them , I'm not sure if it will keep them away but if you could set up and trail cam and post the footage it should be good for a few laughs.